Which to use
“magasine” is a verb and “magazines” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,905
- “magasine” frequency rank
- #8,267
- “magazines” frequency rank
- 46172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magasine | magazines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de magasiner. | Pluriel de magazine. |
Same sound, different letters: magasine vs magazines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. magasine runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against magazines's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: magasine vs magazines
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: magasine and magazines carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ɡa.zin\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magasine is recorded at frequency rank #37,905, classified as averb, pronounced \ma.ɡa.zin\. magazines is at rank #8,267, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡa.zin\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46172, this pair ranks #197,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magasine vs magazines
Shared letters: aegimns. Private to "magasine": -. Private to "magazines": z.
"magasine" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "magazines" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"magasine" and "magazines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "magasine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magazines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magasine" and "magazines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magalie vs magasine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #197,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.